own mind. next, a look at reconstruction efforts in afghanistan with special inspector general. is house oversight committee an hour and a half. >> terrorist organizations such as isis and al qaeda, although significantly degraded, continue ourhreaten our homeland and neighbors. there are also new and proliferating threats such as cyber threats. although the constitutional branch withxecutive power, congress has cured and given a power to provide oversight. increasingly complicated national security, congress cannot afford to practice our oversight committee -- duties and some hope that we can get along better with the white house. as wee our job to do 116ththe 1/16 congress -- congress. i am pleased to inform the ranking member that at his request, we have scheduled may 8 as a potential date to reconvene our next meeting on the suicide epidemic in the military. during his first cabinet meeting 2018, president trump praised the topic we will look at today. according to the present, government and military watchdog report should be private and locked up. they're released to the amer

end afghanistan's long war might be in sight. talks involving the us, the taliban and the afghan government representatives were to take place in qatar but they didn't happen. the taliban objected the delegation coming from kabul and a familiar cycle of of recrimination and violence resumed. my guest is mohammad umer daudzai, president ghani's peace envoy. what will it take to bring peace to afghanistan? mohammad umer daudzai in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let's start with those peace talks that were supposed to happen in qatar. the whole world was watching and waiting and then they didn't happen. what went wrong? it was supposed to be the first intra—afg han dialogue, not negotiation. sort of breaking the ice to get familiar to each other, and because of the complexities of the past and some weaknesses on both sides, more on the side of the host, it didn't happen. but hopefully it will resume soon. the process will resume soon. let's just go into a little more detail. the taliban, out of qatar, said that the problem was that you had tried to load the kabul

on c-span two. >> a special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction testified before the house oversight committee recently. they will remain dependent for years. this is the first hearing of the subcommittee of national security to examine the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction high risk list of major construction programs in afghanistan. at risk for waste, fraud and abuse. i will now recognize myself within opening statement. good afternoon, i want to welcome all of the new members to the committee and especially i want to personally welcome and congratulate my friend mr. height who joins me as a member. condolences and congratulations i'm not sure which side is. in calling for bipartisanship on the issue of national politics stops at the water's edge. more than 70 years later the security environment is more complex and dangerous than ever. iran, russia and threatened to undermine the international order that the u.s. has ordered since world war ii. althoughal qaeda significantly degraded continue to threaten the u.s. homeland and our internationa

program in east afghanistan that are at risk for waste, fraud and abuse. i will now recognize myself to give an opening statement. >> good afternoon everyone, i want to personally welcome and congratulate my friend, the gentleman from georgia who joins me as the ranking member on this subcommittee. congratulations and our condolences, i'm not sure which it is. back in 1947 senate foreign relations chairman arthur in calling for a bipartisan on the issue of national security asserted on the senate floor that, quote, politics stops at the water's edge. closed quote. today more than 70 years later the international security environment is more complex than ever. china, russia and iran threaten what the united states has supported since world war ii. terrorists organizations continue to threaten the united states home land and our international neighbors. they are also new and emerging challenges such as the pro liviation of cyber threats that could discredited and undermine u.s. economic and human rights issue. congress is also been given a solemn responsibility to provide oversight. in to

afghanistan reconstruction john sopko said that even if there is a peace deal between the taliban in afghanistan of the fate of the country will still be dependent on financial aid from the u.s. and other countries. he testified at a house oversight committee hearing on afghan reconstruction efforts. this is the first hearing of the subcommittee of the national committee to examine the special reconstruction hila strachan to high risk list of major construction programs in east afghanistan that are at risk for waste, fraud and abuse. i will now recognize myself to give an opening statement. >> good afternoon everyone, want to welcome all the new members to the committee to and especially i want to personally welcome and congratulate my friend that a gentleman from georgia who joins me as the ranking member on the subcommittee. congratulations her console and says i'm not sure which it is . >> back in 1947, in calling for bipartisanship on the issue of national security, asserted on the senate floor that politics stops at the water's edge. today, more than 70 years later, the inter

high risk list of major construction programs in east afghanistan. that are at risk for waste, fraud and abuse. i will now recognize myself to give an opening statement. good afternoon, everyone. i want to welcome all of the new members to the committee. and especially i want to personally welcome and congratulate my friend the gentleman from georgia who joins me as the ranking member on the subcommittee. congratulations or condolence, i'm not sure which it is. back in 1947, senate foreign relations committee chairman in calling for bipartisanship on the issue of national security asserted on the senate floor that, quote, politics stops at the water's edge. today more than 70 years later, the international security environment is more complex and dangerous than ever. states with aspirations such as china, russia and iran all threaten to undermine the democracy and the international order that the united states has supported since world war ii. terrorist organizations such as isis and al qaeda although degraded continue to threaten the united states homeland and our international neig

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executive of afghanistan. abdullah abdullah thank you for joining me up front the war in afghanistan is now the longest war in u.s. history eighteen years in president donald trump wants to pull u.s. troops out but you say they need to stay quote until the war is over and peace is restored so basically they should never leave. the point is it has been forty years since the world is growing government in afghanistan. eighteen years since the gauge would of the united this is. i don't need to use the afghan people who are more keen to see peace achieved in their story look. at the same time the diffuser for our partners as. we understand it the united this is has been an initiative which is for peace which is which has the support of the afghan people in the afghan government we hope that we will we will achieve peace through these if words in there before switch off. but just to be clear if donald trump says we're leaving this year and of the if he sets a date for withdrawal of all u.s. troops do you have an objection to that do you understand why there are starting at some stage. in it

. from russia with love moscow uses soft power to once again get a foothold in afghanistan. and later a small ferrari's young star makes a big mistake in qualifying for the azerbaijan grand prix. all that's going to have a first mozambique's government has people to move to higher ground this tarantula rain lashes the north that's after a second big cycling week slammed into the country at least five people are known to have died an aide workers say entire villages have been wiped out warnings as well of widespread flooding to calm or bird manley reports. many people living in makoni if state when cycling can it hit with heavy rains cool cos they're trying to rebuild their homes as quickly as they can. order. there that day we stayed outside next to the big trees that's where we took shelter right there with all the rain. others here lost their businesses and livelihoods. lost everything i do not know what i can do since that day i've been sleeping outside sleeping in the cold. little was spared by the storm including a maternity ward. where the experts say it was the strongest

solution to the crisis to the war in afghanistan. then we are also working together with you in the way we respond to russia. theee russia is violating treaty -- throughout the whole process. it is great to see again and great to meet all of the people around this table. >> thank you very much and you mentioned afghanistan, i think we made a lot of great strides recently in afghanistan. we fought the endless year -- war, 19 years. it is unfortunate, it is ridiculous, and it has been a very interesting period of time, but we have made a lot of strides. a lot of things are happening in afghanistan. vice president mike pence, would you say a few words? >> thank you, mr. president. i want to extend my congratulations to the secretary-general for the extension of your term. your leadership of nato has been a time of renewed strength in the transatlantic alliance as you responded to the leadership the president provided. president trump made it clear to our allies in europe we could not care more about their security then we -- than they care about their security. it wasn't a choice of wh

. we'll look at why moscow is using soft power to get a foothold in afghanistan. hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe we have plenty of disturbed weather but the big change is happening here across eastern europe where the middle of the week we saw some really nice conditions were air as well but that is all change right now and we do have a funnel boundary that's making its way down towards the south bring some colder air with it across parts of north western russia north eastern europe as well temperatures are going to be coming down for some of those locations so for moscow here on sunday we're going to be starting with sixteen degrees notes that the rain has already pushed through but across much of north eastern europe we're still talking about rain across parts of warsaw into berlin as well the rain's going to continue across much of that region even getting heavier as we go into monday so nice weather though down here across a bear peninsula temperatures are into the mid twenty's for madrid we're going to be seeing london thou

probably on monday in pakistan afghanistan may be just touching the far west of india as well it's raining at the moment in many of the gulf states eastern side you can see him to the co here miss rain occasionally sundries going to carry on the day but it will just slow the south and east who's leaving only on sunday a mom with potential with this sonar could see some pretty good thunderstorms. whether sponsored by catalona. isn't a problem for your candidate that you may not have a health question mark over it but he does have a corruption question mark or really doesn't look good for the image to live up to not going to do it he will probably not knowing that is what you say when he read you get why there's a lot of disillusionment with the un across the globe that is called for and breaks doesn't build confidence it breaks will join me mad the front of my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and take issues here on al-jazeera. and again that's one of the main news this hour. of military rule has said that he will lift the curfew imposed on

1938from czechoslovakia in or a bunch of ragtag terrorists living in afghanistan in 2001. so, the notion that we can ignore the rest of the world and just do our own thing i think is downright ignorant. pres. bush: can i tell one story? theeptember 12, 2001, japanese prime minister calls me and he says the united states and japan will stand shoulder to shoulder to enhance our neutral -- mutual security and we will security to the ideology of the murderers. in a remarkable conversation. that,e 60 years prior to my dad chooses not to go to college but to fight the japanese. you have to ask what happened. i bet in the late 1940's somebody said one day japan and the united states will stand shoulder to shoulder to enhance our mutual security, they would have said you are a hopeless, idealistic person, naive. and yet it happened. and one reason it happened is because there is a universality to freedom. people want to be free. doesn't matter if you are a methodist or a muslim, they want to be free. andy japanese adopts a japanese-style democracy. and an enemy became an ally for the sake of pea

soft power to once again get a foothold in afghanistan plus. i'm not what i think in and i'll be reporting on an election with no opposition and what that means but in st. now if you're in eastern canada moment or planning to go there take a boat it's very wet in fact is flooded from all to us through montreal not towards new brunswick there is flooding on the ground this rain not coming out of the sky and it's still cold north of no in places just add to the mix because melting snow is part of the problem that goes away so the sun day by day should be a better looking picture and the next system coming in is much weaker is a bit of rain maybe in new york or just across the border maybe but nothing much to it and it's broken up further west so you've got sort of places to reason does no showers and if you follow the tail end apart from a couple of showers maybe in somewhere like new mexico colorado utah it's dry but above my head it's the elephant in the room what is it doing snowing in late april or early mates a little bit late in the season to do that and unfortunately from su

afghanistan they're marking the anniversary of the overthrow of the soviet back to government back in one thousand nine hundred two after occupation by the soviet union in the one nine hundred eighty s. what's called liberation day signifies the end of russian involvement in afghanistan actually thirty years on some believe moscow's influence is returning reports now from kabul. it's not feasible or has been learning russian for six months in kabul university that i was at first i chose this language as a hobby but after learning it i found it is very rich it gives me broader ideas and connects me with the world which can improve my life. the course was started in one nine hundred seventy nine as the soviets invaded afghanistan they were in afghanistan for a decade fighting the mujahideen when the military retreated so did coach times not what was up. when nato forces came to afghanistan we only had one russian class now we have four classes because there is no sensitivities around learning russian six thousand five hundred afghans are studying russian and three hundred sixty can apply fo

land from the czechs in 1948 or ragtag terrorists living in afghanistan in 2001. so the notion that we can ignore the rest of the world and do our own thing is ignorant. mr. bush: on september 12, 2001, qwazumi calls me, the japanese president, he said we will work to spread freedom as the alternative to the ideology of the murders. it is a remarkable conversation. because years before that my dad chooses not to go to college but to fight against the japanese. i bet in the late 1940's, if they said the united states and japan would stand shoulder to shoulder they would say you are a hopeless idealistic person, naive, yet it happened. it is a vun verse amounty -- a universe amounty to -- universe amounty to freedom. they want to be free. and the japanese have a japanese-style democracy and an enemy became an ally. it happened throughout history and it happened again. i believe our answer is absolutely. unless the united states says it is none of our business how others live. ms. dobrainsky: let's talk about iraq. mr. bush: okay. ms. dobrainsky: president bush -- mr. bush: thank you. ms.

the whole lot is moving slowly north east was running up into afghanistan and pakistan for monday leaving increasing amounts of iran dry west of that the cloud is invading from north east africa through egypt and into israel lebanon and probably far into the northwest of syria as it could manage spotter right out of it and a warming trend before the cloud comes in that it will feel obviously a little cooler the rain has been falling around the gulf states is drifting slowly south so for sunday we'll put it just in i think the following breeze will briefly a strong sure mark probably a clear one thirty reason there are back the same in riyadh and we're not hitting fourteen mecca are the cool down over the last couple of weeks come monday the rain is mostly gone and the wind is east so it will do a bit in dar. sponsor. isn't the problem for your town that they usually don't have a health question mark over it so they don't have a corruption question mark or really doesn't look good for anything like a ticket they were going to do really well known by sort of just like the rich you g

three thousand. today we visit afghanistan where forty years of war terror and oppression have left the country's women deeply traumatized . we go to georgia where a techno club is at the heart of a struggle for the soul of the nation. but first we have to siberia where the growing chinese presence is leading to resentment and protest. when she jinping pays state visits business matters tend to top the agenda on his recent visit to europe several trade deals worth billions of euros were signed the contracts are part of the new silk road project china is planning to invest more than eight hundred billion euros in the global trade route linking europe russia and asia. to the network will also include maritime routes between africa and the middle east all of which requires new roads rail lines and port facilities built with the help of the chinese but beijing's growing influence is controversial. but the fact i'm tired i am god. that the. there and loathing in siberia the fear of thousands of chinese workers coming to live and work here with the backing of the state. especially now that we

. welcome back now afghanistan is marking the anniversary of the overthrow of its soviet backed government a nine hundred ninety two after occupation by the soviet union in the nineteen eighties what's called victory day signifies the end of russian involvement in afghanistan but thirteen years on some believe moscow's influence is returning solid balance reports from kabul. itself easily has been learning russian for six months at kabul university that i was at first i chose this language as a hobby but after learning it i found it is very rich it gives me broader ideas and connects me with the world which can improve my life. the course was started in one nine hundred seventy nine as a sort of a it's invaded afghanistan they were in afghanistan for a decade fighting the mujahideen when the military retreated so did time it's not good. when nato forces came to afghanistan we only had one russian class now we have four classes because there's no sensitivities around learning russian. six thousand five hundred afghans a studying russian and three hundred sixty can apply for paid

leader also quit. also coming up in afghanistan the taliban announces what it calls a spring offensive and mere hours later launches an attack in couldn't do so in the north jeopardizing already shaky peace talks. and a game changer in gaza we meet the palestinian entity is for using football to tackle their personal trauma it's. a my ash waiter thanks for joining us. the new head of sudan's military council says a civilian government will be formed after talks with the opposition in his first televised address earlier today the tenant general abdel fattah bore hans said the transition period would last for a maximum of two years the leader also said he was canceling a curfew ordered by his predecessor demonstrators have been keeping up the pressure demanding civilian rule activists say sixteen people including a soldier have been killed in the two days since the army ousted longtime president omar al bashir sudan's military she stepped down just a day after he was sworn in as the country's new leader and the country's intelligence chief has now resigned as well. this is sudan's naval

afghanistan backs were renewed hostilities between the taliban and the government have broken out following the start of the taliban's spring offensive the offensive was announced over the weekend in the midst of an ongoing or for peace with the united states the fresh fighting is a further blow to a country that's already struggling to recover from decades of war and where victims of past conflicts are still paying the price. it's early morning in kabul and cher killam was a furry has two kilometers to go on crutches she can't afford a taxi she lost a leg when she stepped on a mine. no weapons allowed here at this rehabilitation center for victims of the violence in afghanistan. in the winter there's snow and mud to deal with already fell twice this morning but i need to come for the treatment things worse and when i don't. have the ali about orthopedic center is the only one in afghanistan that offers long term care to mine victims wounded soldiers and those injured in attacks. after forty years of war in terror there are more minds still buried in afghanistan than in any other

missions from afghanistan to the baltic to mali. and. since the end of conscription in germany the need for young recruits has. lone along with many new tasks and overseas missions make the soldiers jobs more dangerous but soldiers don't make much money despite their growing duty bachmann says they could earn more in the private sector. then if the economy continues to expand financial incentives to join the blenders fair won't suffice if anything can attract young people it has to be that it's a good thing to be a soldier for eight or twelve years with a good chance of getting another interesting job afterwards. that's what we have to work on. and it. the bundeswehr has an image problem but instead of launching advertising and recruitment campaigns that would broadly appeal it promises adventure and extreme experiences. must get ready to discover your strengths. to get ready to go to your limit. to get ready for real responsibility. do what really counts as from. the annual republican conference in berlin attracts thousands of young people interested in digital media in twenty eig

this year there have been four our richard bennett the u.s. and afghanistan human rights chief who put the report out says any civilian casualties are too many while a reduction overall in civilian casualties is positive. it's too soon to discern a trend and secondly. this is still a very intense conflict and way too many civilians are being harmed by this conflict the answer to that is partly precautions but the bigger. is a ceasefire are u.s. forces afghanistan spokesman colonel dave butler has responded saying we reserve the right of self defense of our forces as well as the afghan security forces the best way to end the suffering of noncombatants is to end the fighting through an agreed upon reduction in violence on all sides. deck is a national security analyst and a founding member of the group transparency afghanistan he joins us now from the capital kabul to talk more about this thanks very much for being with us. so let me ask you first of all for people who perhaps have been following the daily news out of afghanistan these numbers may may surprise them are you surprised

solution to the war in afghanistan. we support that. we are also working closely together with you in the way that we respond to russia. we see that russia is violating the inf treaty and nato allies have supported the u.s. position on that strongly. throughout the whole process. it's great to see you again. it's great to meet all of the people around this table. pres. trump: i will say, you mentioned afghanistan. we have made a lot of great strides recently in afghanistan. we thought the endless war. 19 years. it's unfortunate. it's ridiculous. it's been a very interesting time. we've made a lot of strides, a lot of things are happening in afghanistan that are very positive. i appreciate your help. mike pence, would you say a few words? >> thank you. i want to extend my congratulations to the secretary-general for the extension of your term. we welcome it. your leadership in nato has been a time of renewed strength. as you responded, the leadership that the president provided from early on. he made it clear to our allies in europe, we couldn't care more about your security. it was not a

afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they've been fighting to get reaction from locals for the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch we have concerns we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato here. live from moscow watching our things and i don't know hawkins review was right welcome. to visit north korea following what the leader described as a very meaningful exchange in russia's far east the two heads of state met for the first time on thursday discussing denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula as well as international sanctions on their countries bilateral ties our correspondent elizabeth franco was in one of our stock. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing there you have it but it looks like chairman kim is hoping that his message

execution in years. plus a un report noted government u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are sponsible for more civilian deaths and the militants they've been finding we got reaction from locals. from the child a woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to last we have come so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do when the u.s. nato here. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the first ever summit between bottom or putin and kim jong un has come to an end the leaders of russia and north korea spent more than two hours in a closed meeting discussing everything from denuclearization to expanding biological relations our correspondent there trying to summarize events from the city of a lot of us talk. well it turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by the way mr putin's next destination is beijing

execution in years also a un report claims government u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they've been fighting to get reaction from locals there. should be child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to walk we have come so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato you. are welcome you watching r.t. international now the first ever summit between russian president vladimir putin and north korea in his north korean counterpart has reached its conclusion the leaders spent more than two hours in a closed face to face meeting discussing everything from the nuclear eyes ation to expanding bilateral relations during the press conference the russian president said that chairman kim asked him to try to explain his position to washington. it's . directly to tell the us about his position and about the questions he says it today with the situation on the korean peninsula. ok let's bring in our correspon

little piece of land in 1938 or read take terrorists living in afghanistan in 2001 so the notion that we can ignore the rest of the world and do our own thing i think is downright ignorant. >> september 12, 2001, he calls me, he was a japanese prime minister and he said the u.s. and japan will stand shoulder to shoulder to enhance security and we will work to spread freedom as an alternative to the ideology of the murderers. in this conversation, 60 years prior to that, my dad chooses not to go to college but to fight the japanese.e. i asked what happened. i bet the late 40s somebody said one day, japanve and the u. will stand shoulder to shoulder to enhance mutual security, they would have said you are hopeless idealistic, naÏve. yet, it happened. one reason is because there's a universality of freedom, people want to be free. doesn't matter whether you are methodist or muslim, they want to be free. the japanese style democracy and an enemy became an ally. for the sake of peace. the question americans ask them selves, can happen again? if it can happen in history, it can happen agai

to get a foothold once again in afghanistan. hello again it's good to have you back we're are seeing plenty of heavy rain showers down here across parts of central indonesia we're talking about jakarta as well as down here towards bali that's going to continue as we go from monday as well as into tuesday but out here towards western e.g. where picking up quite a bit of sun across much of the area temperatures are rising to about thirty seven possibly even thirty eight degrees in some of those locations but up towards bangkok we are going to be seeing rain in your forecast with the temps are there of thirty six degrees here across parts of australia a large area of high pressure is dominating and that's keeping many areas clear of any clouds in the forecast so across parts of adelaide alice springs we are going to be seeing some clear conditions for you but we do have a frontal boundary that's coming across parts of perth all the next day and that is going to bring some clouds into the forecast for you so here on monday we're going to be seeing about twenty two degrees temperat

balkans. fought terrorism from afghanistan to the middle east. welcomed a newly free nations of central and eastern europe into our alliance, helping to spread democracy, peace, and prosperity. and nato's door remains open. this year the republic of north misdonnea signed the accession protocol, and with your support and with your support north macedonia will soon become the 30th member of our alliance. 12 hat started in 1949 with members has proven a powerful force for peace. an alliance that others strive to join showing the historic success of nato. but as you-all know success in the past is not a guarantee of success in the future. and we have to be frank. questions are being asked on both sides of the atlantic, about the strength of our partnership. and, yes, there are differences. we are an alliance of many different nations. with different geography, history, and political parties. republicans and democrats, conservatives and lay bour, independents, greens, and many ore this is democracy. open discussions and different views is not a sign of weakness, t is a sign of stren

language i will be able to introduce to russian culture in afghanistan and vice versa a report from kabul as russia expands its influence in afghanistan looking to again play a role in the country's future the security tragedy. sending his son to humanity and prayers for pace in sri lanka a week after the easter bomb attacks and catholics celebrate mass vajra televised service. logan a welcome back we are cross china we did see some very heavy rain as we enter the week particular down here across much of the south we're going to get a break as we go towards the beginning of the week particular on monday where we're going to be seeing some partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions across the area but that's only going to last for one day because by the time we get to tuesday much of that rain continues to come down here across much of the south leading up here towards the northeast for joe we're going to expect and thunderstorms in your forecast as well attempted there of about thirty degrees in shanghai it will be a rainy day for us well with a temperature of nineteen across india c

claims that government he u.s. and international forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths than the militants they think by i think we hear reaction from locals. the child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should also the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch which outcome so we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we don't want the u.s. and nato here. good morning is just gone nine am here in moscow you're watching the international now but in the last two hours flirting with hootin and kim jong un have sat down together at their historic summit in russia president putin welcomed his north korean counterpart in the far eastern city of that involved stock. ok well let's go straight to that evil. correspondent. anyhow live again we know that the ladies have been talking for around perhaps two hours or so and this plenty for them to come. hi again andrew well a one on one behind closed doors more talks alongside advisors and government ministers and finally an extra round of discussions at a dinner table

protests. also a un report notes u.s. international government forces in afghanistan are responsible for more civilian deaths but the militants they've been fighting to get a reaction from locals. for any child or woman killed in afghanistan the afghan government should ask the foreign forces about them but there is no one to watch we have concerns we want the americans and i says to stop killing our people we do when the u.s. and nato hear. from oscar what's the international law. for joining us this hour. kim jong un has invited a lot of putin to visit north korea that follows what the d.p. r. k. s. leader described as a very meaningful exchange in russia's far east the meeting was taking place for the very first time on thursday the two heads of state discussed denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula as well as international sanctions and bolstering the bilateral ties correspondent leave the trunk oh was in a lot of us look. turns out that in a sense john is counting on volodymyr putin as a kind of a middleman in delivering his messages to the rest of the world leadership by

today we visit afghanistan, where 40 years of war, terror, and oppression have left the countrtry's women deeply traumatized. we go to georgia, where a techno club is at the heart of a struggle foror the soul of the natition. but first we head toiberia, ere the gring chinese presence is leading to resentment and protest. when xi jinping pays state visits, business matters tend to top the agenda. on his recent visit to europe, several trade deals worth billions of euros were signed. the contracts are part of the new silk road project. china is planning to invest more than 800 billion euros in the global trade route linking europe, russia, and asia. the network will also include maritime routes between africa and the middle east. all of which requires new roads, rail lines, and port facilities, built with the help of the chinese. but beijing's growing influence is controversial. reporter: fear and loathing in siberia, the fear of thousands of chinese workers coming to live and work here. with the backing of the state. >> leave now. >> i'm not leaving. i'm going in. reporter: this publ

balkans. fought terrorism from afghanistan to the middle east. welcomed a newly free nations of central and eastern europe into our alliance, helping to spread democracy, peace, and prosperity. and nato's door remains open. this year the republic of north misdonnea signed the accession protocol, and with your support and with your support north macedonia will soon become the 30th member of our alliance. 12 hat started in 1949 with members has proven a powerful force for peace. an alliance that others strive to join showing the historic success of nato. but as you-all know success in the past is not a guarantee of success in the future. and we have to be frank. questions are being asked on both sides of the atlantic, about the strength of our partnership. and, yes, there are differences. we are an alliance of many different nations. with different geography, history, and political parties. republicans and democrats, conservatives and lay bour, independents, greens, and many ore this is democracy. open discussions and different views is not a sign of weakness, t is a sign of stren